Word List 29 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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Lucid
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Easily understood; clear
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Lucrative
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Profitable
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Ludicrous
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Ridiculous; laughable
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Lugubrious
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Mournful
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Lull
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Soothe
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Lumber
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Move heavily or clumsily
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Luminary
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Celebrity
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Luminous
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Shining; issuing light
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Lummox
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Big; clumsy
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Lunge
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Quickly dive forward
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Lurid
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Wild; sensational; graphic
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Lurk
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Stealthily lie in waiting; slink
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Luscious
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Pleasing to taste or smell
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Luster
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Shine; gloss
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Lustrous
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Shining
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Luxuriant
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Abundant
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Machinations
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Evil schemes or plots
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Madrigal
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Pastoral song
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Magnanimous
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Generous; great-hearted
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Magnate
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Person of prominence or influence
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Magnitude
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Greatness; extent
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Maladroit
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Clumsy; bungling
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Malaise
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Uneasiness
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Malapropism
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Comic misuse of a word
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Malcontent
Person dissatisfied with existing state of affaires
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Malediction
Curse
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Malefactor
Evildoer; criminal
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Malicious
Hateful; spiteful
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Malign
Speak evil of
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Malignant
Injurious
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Malingerer
One who feigns illness to escape duty
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Malleable
Capable of being shaped by pounding
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Malodorous
Foul-smelling
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Mammoth
Gigantic; enormous
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Mandate
Order; change
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Maniacal
Raging mad
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Manifest
Evident; visible
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Manifesto
Declaration; statement of policy
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Mannered
Affected; not natural
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Maritime
Bordering on the sea
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Marked
Noticeable or pronounced
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Marred
Damaged; disfigured
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Marshal
Put in order
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Martial
Warlike
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Martinet
Strict disciplinarian
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Martyr
One who voluntarily suffers death for his religion or cause
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Masochist
Person who enjoys his own pain
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Maternal
Motherly
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Matriculate
Enroll
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Maudlin
Effusively sentimental
